Ballet Dancer

Diane Varsi

American actress (1938-1992)

Born 1938 · San MateoDied 1992United States
Diane Varsi
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Diane Varsi was an American ballet dancer, born in 1938 in San Mateo, who died in 1992.

Biography

Diane Marie Antonia Varsi (February 23, 1938 – November 19, 1992) was an American film actress best known for her performances in Peyton Place – her film debut, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award – and the cult film Wild in the Streets. She left Hollywood to pursue personal and artistic aims, notably at Bennington College in Vermont, where she studied poetry with poet and translator Ben Belitt.

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Contemporaries

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